Local news brief from Lacon covers events and people
The Peoria races drew many Laconites and attorney F B Potter of Henry visited Lacon for legal business. A group of six Lacon boys camped on the Islands this week. Mrs Mary Weir is remodelling her Broad street home with J E Beggore as contractor. An Old Settlers picnic planning meeting will be at Geo M Bane’s office Friday. Miss Bishop of Normal will teach assistant high school duties next year. A Democratic county central committee meeting is set for Friday with expected urgent business.
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Democrat
Peoria
Potter
Henry
Lacon
Islands
Mary Weir
Broad Street
J. EB. ‘Beggore
Sparland
Geo M. Bane
Miss Bishop
Normal
Board of Education
Democratic County Central Committee
Trangacou
Local notes from Sparland and Peoria visit contrasts
Jeriah Bonham arrived from Chicago last week while Mrs Crissy Bates remains gravely ill and not expected to live. Carrie V Duncan has returned home. Mrs Siebold and Harry visit relatives in Peoria. Mr and Mrs W E Burwick travelled to Peoria to see the races. Uncle Jim Gallup enjoys life in the East. Aunt Backy Gaselton has recovered enough to travel to Chillicothe last Tuesday. Al and Mrs Watkins welcomed a baby girl. A group of youths recently visited Benao lwins lake for a pleasant outing. Weather remains hot with no reported sunstroke cases. Sparland hotel prospers under landlady Mrs Barton with good patron reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeriah Bonham
Chicago
Crissy Bates
Carrie V. Duncan
Siebold
Harry
Peoria
W.E. Burwick
Jim Gallup
Eaat
Backy' Gaselton
Chillicothe
al Watkins
Benaoliwins Lake
Sparland
Barton
Town hall under way and visitors fill the town
The town hall is under way. Alexander Wright is convalescing. Mrs Ellensburg of Chicago visits Mrs John Wright. Gertie Maloham and grandmother return from Chicago. Fred Weather of Helma Montana visited Mary Norton. Tom O'Brien and wife of Chenoa visit local friends. Many local youths spent Sunday at the Underclif. Ed Norton and wife attended the grand opening of the town hall in Washburn Thursday evening with James Wilson Frank Smith and Miss Mitchell Tomlinson of Magnolia visiting the same lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Wright
Ellensburg
Chicago
John Wright
Gertie Maloham
Fred Weather
Helma
Montana
Mary Norton
Tom O'Brien
Chenoa
Ed Norton
Washburn
Sugar Grove News Gathers Farm Labor And Repairs
Lawyer Clawson returns home for a visit with Imoy Burt before traveling to Iowa and Nebraska. Haying and threshing dominate farm work as Will Wallace and others thresh and clear fields. The town hall foundation is being laid by Songers with Goltra to start framing. John Hammey is in poor health, possibly bronchitic consumption.
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Clawson
Imoy Burt
Iowa
Nebraska
Ct. LL. Wilson
Will Wallace
Songers
Goltra
John Hammey
Whitefield Corners Socials and Farming Watch
The Wing Workers plan a sociable on August 10 with details to follow. Henry Snell ventures into shipping chickens, his first Tokyo deal paying off. James Swift declines noticeably, his wife strained by caregiving. Dr Willis and several others fished at the lake Saturday. Mrs Viola Worthington hosted an afternoon party praised by guests. Granger ladies served ice cream. a large Saturday night feast left many late. Labor is tight with scarce hired help. corn shows remarkable growth over the last ten years. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Whitefield circuit meets at the parsonage Friday, August 4 at 2 30 PM. all interested in missionary work are invited.
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Whitefield Corners
Harry Snell
James Swift
Willis
James
van Dyke
Clyde
Charles Dille
Viola Worthington
Granger
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of
Whitefield
G. T. Conover
Mystic Cure claims to cure rheumatism in days
A patent remedy marketed by J E & FA Powell in Henry promises rapid relief from rheumatism and neuraglia. It claims to remove the cause and disease with the first doses showing benefits, priced at 75 cents.
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J E & FA Powell
Henry
Death of Mrs Samuel Divilbiss Saddens Saratoga
In Saratoga Indiana on July 18 1892 Mrs Samuel Divilbiss died at age 75 after heart trouble and a long illness. She left eight surviving children and was buried beside her husband with a large funeral attended despite a stormy day.
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Samuel Divilbiss
Frederick County
Pennsylvania
Saratoga
Willis
Spirit World
West
Maggie van Fleet
Heaven
Woolley
Henry
Keller
John Thompson
Amos Thompson
Wesley Doyle
James Newman
Samuel Clift
L van Ostrand
James Jones
Tecumseh, Neb
Sanford Shaft
John Harris
George Diverbiss
Keota
Iowa
Special Shoe Sale And Dress Goods Offer
Special sale begins Saturday featuring men's and ladies shoes. Next week a large quantity of Jamestown dress goods will be discounted. Blankets and flannels are in stock and ready for inspection with 25 10 40 percent savings by buying now.
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Jamestown
Local notes from Henry area bustle and moves
Henry residents report various changes with moves to Bradford and new farms. Aplin relocates to Carso house while Zeigler buys Moses Hartley farm. Reid’s daughter Hattie is under weather. Pace eyes westward farming. Barker family welcomes a baby girl. Mrs Shurta on sick list and Minnie Hibbs stays with Doran family aiding care.
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J. Higgins
Henry
Eddie Shurta
Henry Aplin
Carso
Moses Hartley
Joseph Zeigler
Will Holmes
Cartmel
J. L. Reid
Hattie
Pace
Edward Snider
Brasa Key
Jesse Barker
Jacob Green
Baying
J. Christman
B. Doran
Bradford
Missouri
Worth County
Minnie Hibbs
Fred
John Clark
Dora
Joe Kenyon
Royal Olmsted
S. Pettigrew
Phinx & Allpaw
J. Green
C. Swift
Iva Clark
You Should Not Be Without it
A dated medicinal advertisement asserts hereditary consumption risk and urges early use of Baldfort’s Horehound Syrup for coughs and lung diseases. It claims guaranteed relief for throat and chest ailments including consumption, bronchitis, asthma, whooping cough, and croup, marketed by Dr Powell.
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Balford
Dr Powell
Putnam News Roundup And Local Happenings
Weather in the shade. threshing and haying in full swing. Mra Emerick and Miss Bonnie visit John Anderson’s. Post Office now money order office. Entertainment at M E church well attended under Jacken. Receipts total 317.85. Missing items from Richard’s place include coat and vest. town believed to be the escape route. Church chairs arrived. bell donated by Henrietta Giltner hung July 21. Dedication planned first Sunday in August with Elder McCulloch presiding. A farmhand briefly took a horse and cart, paid 25 dollars to settle. St Patrick’s Pills endorsed by J Reynolds of Mayfield Ky as effective. Available from J W Niece.
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John Richards
Mason
Richards
Henrietta Giltner
Agno
McCulloch
I’rank Morgan
Putnam
Frank
CLEAR CREEK FARMERS BUY THRESHING MACHINE
Farmers plan threshing late next week as oats are cut and hay is stored. Jake Noll and Ben Ransom purchased a threshing machine. Detro and wife Ben Packingham and family visited the Humes. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs J B Thorn of Peoria on the 24th. Ed Mathis and wife moved to Henry.
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Jake Noll
Ben Ransom
C. Ransom
Henry
Detro
Weifer Ben Packingham
Jas Humes
J. B. Thorn
Peoria
Thorn
C. H. Ransom
Ed Mathis
Mathis
Hennepin Notes On Visits Excursion and Local Work
Hennepin reports visitors from Henry Geneseo and Peoria along with local progress on the creamery building and Henry Trendt’s new Mulberry street cottage. Excursions to Peru Muscatine and Pompeii are noted with social anecdotes and a double wedding.
Local social visits and gatherings noted
Mrs Ellenbough of Chicago visits her niece Mrs Joe Otto while Abe Simonton returns to see his brother Will. Mrs Laura Curtis and family from Freeport visit her mother Mrs Richard Spencer. Susie Lundy and Ina travel to Streator Bloomington for several weeks. Young people attend lawn tennis at Walter Griffith's. Mrs Dirst, in Minooka with her daughter, F M Pendleton, returns home. R A Y.
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Ellenbough
Chicago
Joe Otto
Abe Simonton
Will
Laura Curtis
Freeport
Richard Spencer
Susie Lundy
Ina
Streator
Bloomington
Walter Griffith
Dirst
Weather heat and local happenings in Oxbow
The column notes hot weather peaking at 104 in the shade last Sunday. Ed Mathis leaves for Hen to enter the restaurant business. Frank Atwood visits from Lostant, hay and oats farming progress, and plans for a Mineral Springs camp meeting on Aug 6-7. A new grocery store is leased by P. P. S. from Aurora to open by Sept. Maribile diche’s marriage status causes a local stir. Edna Perdew turns 14 with a birthday party hosted by Mrs. M. L. Perdew. A travel souvenir from Sapa Yokohama intrigues Mrs. W. J. Huber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Trone
W. W. Champ
Calvin
Ed Mathis
Frank Atwood
Lostant
W.J. Huber
Frank
Mineral Springs Camp Ground
Rev. Bliss
John
Princeville
Sherman Glenn
Dwight
Sherman
P. P. S of
Aurora
M. L. Perdew
Edna
Deserving Praise for Dr King’s Remedies and Guarantees
The speakers declare long time sale of Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption Dr Kings New Life Pills Bucklen’s Arnica Salve and Electric Bitters with universal satisfaction. They guarantee results and offer refunds if unsatisfactory. J H and E A Powell druggists endorse the remedies’ merit and customer trust.
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Dr King
Bucklen
J.H
E. A. Powell
I A
Local social notes and tense tournament results noted
Edith Mills of Decatur struggles with her daughter Maude while Mrs W G Griffith hosts a “quis” party. Mary and Sarah Poulan visit from Chicago as Lou Smith notes fall term schooling in Judd district. Mrs Sabina Dickie arrives from California to see her sick father J I Mills. Morris A Wilson returns from spring for his mother Johns funeral in Pa. Mrs Greenleaf and Mamie of St Louis visit Joy Wilson. Tense opening games of the tense tournament played before an appreciative crowd with Wilson over Smith and Mills over Flitcherag, as weekly pairings noted for next round.
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Quaker Lane
Edith Mills
Decatur
Maude
W. G. Griffith
Mills
Morris A. Wilson
Johns
Greenleaf
Mamie
St Louis
Joy Wilson
Wilson
Smith
Flitchcrag
W. G. Guffith
A.T. Mills
C. C. Mi
W. L. Mills
Physicians Puzzled by Sleep on the Left Side
Metropolitane rs discuss Franklin Miles, Indigo specialist, who claims left side insomnia stems from heart disease. He endorses a New Heart Cure sold at Dr Powell's. Mrs Chas Beney of Loveland, Colorado reports strong effects. Also notes Democrats mobilizing for the state ticket and Cleveland and Steve left to manage their own game.
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Franklin Miles
Loveland
Colo
Hee
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